Western Avenue, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Canal, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Summary
Significance: Built by the City of Chicago as a PWA project in 1940, the substructure was constructed by M.J. McDermott & Company and the superstructure was erected by the C.L. Strobel Construction Company of Chicago. This bridge replaced a center-pier swing bridge erected about 1900, and is one of only two vertical-lift highway bridges in the Heritage Corridor.
Survey number: HAER IL-40
Building/structure dates: 1940 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1900
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
M.J. McDermott & Company
C.L. Strobel Construction Company
Location
chicago, 41.87811, -87.62980
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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